Awning fixture



H. C. MIDDLETON, JR

AWNING FIXTURE Oct. 17, 1933.

Original Filed Dec. 23, 1930 26. E225 aimdd/efoncz,

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Patented Qct. 17, 1933 1,930,940 AWNING FIXTURE 3 Harry 0. Middleton, JiL, Philadelphia, P

Application December 23, 1930, Serial No.

. Renewed August 31, 1932 r reams. (01. 156-42) The object of the invention is to provide improvements in awnings broadly, but more specifically in a fixture which performs both the functions of the formerly used hinge and the here- 5 tofore separate means such as ropes and cleats forsupporting or retaining'the awning inraised or inoperative'position. I

Another object is to provide an awning which particularly does not require the use of hooks,

1O ropes, hinges or cleats, and which can therefore be marketed at a relatively low price, since the bracket and associated elements comprising a part of the present invention has been so designed as to permit its being manufactured for every small cost.

A further object is to provide a bracket fixture which can be readily attached to the face of a window frame, and to which the rods for supporting-the outer free'edge portion of the awning can be attached at will, said rods upon being detached from the awning being also detachable from the respective brackets by moving each of the former into abnormal positions and shifting upon laterally while in such position, said brack-f ets being so constructed as to normally maintain the rods in operative pivotal engagement with the brackets themselves.

And a still further object is to provide brackets which can be made inexpensively and which fulfill the functions for which they are designed with marked efficiency, and while said brackets may be cast or otherwise formed of suitable material, they are preferably cut and formed from sheet metal and then coatedor plated to give them any desired finish.

With these and other objects in mind, the present invention comprises further details of construction and operation which are fully brought out in the following description, when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1 is a front elevationof an awning of the improved type and associated with the improved brackets; Fig. 2 ,is a vertical section of the same; Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the left-hand bracket of Fig. I mounted upon a portion of a window frame and associated with a portion of one of the awning arms; Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the same; Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view of the same; and Fig. 6- is a fragmentarysectional viewof the connection between one of the arms and the awning material.

Referring to the drawing, there is shown a window frame comprising side members 1 and top members 2, positioned within the aperture 3 of a wall 4, while slidable within said frame are the usual upper and lower'sash 5 and 6 respec-. tively. The awning hereinafterd'escribed may be of any desired type,' but-is here illustrated' as comprising the scf-called-Spanish type, which is particularly characterized-by the fact .thatthe' awning consists of the usual slanting portion-of canvas, duck, or jothensuitable material 7, se-' cured in any suitable manner at 8 to the upper frame: member .2, andbeing uninclosed at its laterally opposite sides, as are rnosttypes of awnings. The lower portion of the awning proper merges into a depending fringe portion 9, which may be of any desired shape, such for instance as the scalloped silhouette shown in Fig. 1.

Upon the under side of-the lower portion of the awning proper there. extends transversely a bar 10, preferably surrounded and held in position bya strip 11 of :thesame or similar material and secured to; the awning as indicated in Fig. 2. Through the opposite end ,por-

tionsyotthis' bar/there extend the free end portions of diagonally upwardly projecting rods 12 .which carry in threaded engagement nuts 13 upon the under side'of said bar, while an ordia nary nut or an ornamentalnut l4 is carried by the end portion or" each of the respective rods which protrude through apertures 15 in the awning. It will be noted that whatever the shape of the nut 14, it can be readily removed from its supporting rocLthe awning then also removedirom said rod, the bar 11 then removed from both rods and the entire devicemade ready for packing and shipping, or storage, as the case may be. j I I The loweren'd 16 of each of the rods 12 is directly at substantial right angles to the major portion of the rod and extends rotatably through an aperture 17 in the lower portion of one of a pair of wings 18 and 19, which comprise parallel forward extensions of a plate 20, adapted j to befastened by screws or other: suitable means 21 to an exposed surface of the lateral frame members 1, the angular end 16 of said rod pref erably carrying a retaining nut 16.

The wing 19, as clearly shown in Figs. 2, 3

and 4, does not extend as ,far downwardly as' does the wing 18, this being in vorderto permit theterminal portion 16 of the adjacent rod to be inserted through the aperture 17, when the rod is in the horizontal position shown'by dotand-dash lines 22. When the two rods are operfrom the window in operative position, the rods 12 naturally assume the full line position shown in the drawing, and are removably maintained in this position by means of a cotter pin or the like 23 extending through oppositely positioned holes 24 in said wings 18 and 19. However,

when, as in the evening or on a cloudy day,

in uprightposition, until such'time as it is again desired to return the awning to extended or operative position.

It is to be noted that instead of forming from ,,sheet metal the fixture illustrated in detail,'it

, may be made of cast metal or of any other suitable material, according to the preference of the manufacturer and the demands of the public.

It is also possible to provide each fixture with more than two sets of pin-receiving apertures, if it. is desired to have the awning assume an intermediate position for any particular purpose or upon any particular occasion. Similarly, the plate 20 and oppositelydisposedwings 18 and 19 may be of any desired shape so long as they per form the functions for which they are designed, and as hereinbefore set forth.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to protect by Letters Patent of theUnited States is:

1. In a bracket, the combination of a having a plurality of apertures, a rod havingan angularly directed portion extending through one of said apertures, and means adapted to be inserted into any of the remaining apertures at will, to retain said rod. in various positions with respect to said bracket.

2. The combination of a bracket, comprising plate a base, and a plurality of wings extending therefrom in substantial parallelism, said Wings of difierent length being provided with aligned apertures, with a rod, means to pivotally secure said rod to one of said plates only, and permitting lateral disen agement of said rod from its supporting plate past the other plate, and means engageable within said apertures and operative to maintain said rod in any one of a plurality of positions. 1 I

3. The combination of a bracket, comprising a base, and a plurality of Wings extending therefrom in substantial parallelism, one of said wings extending freely beyond the other in one direction, and an aperture in the freely extending portion of said last-mentioned Wing, with a rod having an angular terminal portion normally extending through said aperture to form a pivotal connection and being oscillatable between said Wings, the second Wing operating to retain said rod in saidaperture, and said rod being removable from said aperture when moved angularly to a position free from the second Wing.

4. The combination of a bracket, comprising a base, and a plurality of Wings extending therefrom in substantial parallelism, one of said wings extending freely beyond the other inone direction, an aperture in the freely extending portion of said last-mentioned wing, with a rod having an angular terminal portion normally extending through said aperture to form a pivotal connection and being oscillatable between said wings, the second Wing operating to retain said rod in said aperture, and said rod being removable from said aperture when moved angularly to' a position free from the second wing, aligned apertures in saidwings, and means adapted to be positioned in said last-mentioned apertures selectively to maintain said rod in various angular positions selectively.

HARRY C. MIDDLETON, JR. 

